Tour Sydney Sprint: Difference between revisions

|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2021 <small>(1, 2)</small>, 2022 <small>(3)</small>)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]], Wave 2) (2022)

|tours='''Sydney Sprint:'''<br>[[Sydney Tour (April–May 2021)]]<br>[[Sydney Tour (September 2021)]]<br>[[2nd Anniversary Tour]]<br>[[Sunshine Tour]]<br>'''Sydney Sprint 2:'''<br>[[Sydney Tour (September 2021)]]<br>[[Anniversary Tour]]<br>[[Sunshine Tour]]<br>'''Sydney Sprint 3:'''<br>[[Anniversary Tour]]

'''Sydney Sprint''' is a race course featured in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. It is set in [[Sydney]], {{wp|New South Wales}}, [[Australia]], and made its debut in the [[Sydney Tour (April–May 2021)|April–May 2021 Sydney Tour]], the city's namesake tour. Like a majority of the other city courses, there are three routes for this course, which are simply named Sydney Sprint, '''Sydney Sprint 2''', and '''Sydney Sprint 3'''. The second route debuted in the [[Sydney Tour (September 2021)|September 2021 Sydney Tour]], and the third route debuted in the [[Anniversary Tour]]. The course visits various landmarks of Sydney, with the first route taking racers through the [[Sydney Opera House]] and {{wp|Luna Park Sydney|Luna Park}}, the second route featuring the Mary Booth Lookout Reserve, and the third route focusing on {{wp|Barangaroo, New South Wales#Barangaroo Reserve|Barangaroo Reserve}}. The first and second routes also feature the [[Sydney Harbor Bridge]], where passengers in a nearby {{wp|Sydney Trains T set|Tangara train}} throw items onto the road. Additionally, the second route starts in the opposite direction compared to the other two. Unlike most other city courses (with the exception of [[Tour Singapore Speedway|Singapore Speedway]] and [[Tour Athens Dash|Athens Dash]]), which generally condense landmarks down, every landmark featured in the varying routes of Sydney Sprint (except for {{wp|Uluru}}) is from the general area of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge; unlike Singapore Speedway, though, no routes closely approximate roads or paths featured in the actual city.  

Sydney Sprint returns as the first course of the [[Propeller Cup]] in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' – Booster Course Pass]].

At the start of the course, there is a fountain at the side of the course. If the player uses a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] to hit the fountain, they will be able to perform several [[Jump Boost|tricks]].

The course also appears as '''Sydney Sprint R''' (reversed), '''Sydney Sprint T''' (with ramps), and '''Sydney Sprint R/T''' (reversed with ramps).

This layout is driven in the opposite direction compared to the previous layout. Like the original Sydney Sprint, the course's standard layout starts out at an area in {{wp|Port Jackson}}. After that, there is a long winding turn through downtown [[Sydney]]. After a turn to the left, the player can reach the highway and cross the [[Sydney Harbor Bridge]], where passengers from the {{wp|Sydney Trains T set|Tangara train}} operating on the {{wp|North Shore railway line|North Shore Line}} will throw random items onto the central span, just like Sydney Sprint. Next, there is a turn to the right which leads to the Mary Booth Lookout Reserve. After another turn to the left, there is a [[Glide Ramp]] which takes the player across some water. Next, there is a small street with a single [[ramp]] at the end. After the ramp, the player returns back to the Port Jackson area. At this section, the player can choose to go on the upper route which contains some [[coin]]s, or the bottom route. The [[Sydney Opera House]] can also be seen at the background. After another turn to the left, the player reaches the [[Finish Line]].

The course also appears as '''Sydney Sprint 2R''' (reversed), '''Sydney Sprint 2T''' (with ramps), and '''Sydney Sprint 2R/T''' (reversed with ramps).

Like the other two variants, this variant begins within an area in {{wp|Port Jackson}}. The player drives in the same direction as Sydney Sprint, but instead of turning right, the player immediately makes a left turn, jumping into a {{wp|First Fleet-class ferry|First Fleet class ferry}}. After jumping out to a dock at Dawes Point, the path afterwards continues through {{wp|Barangaroo, New South Wales#Barangaroo Reserve|Barangaroo Reserve}} along a winding narrow path split down the middle, one half banking downwards into the turns while the other half remains level. Here, players can see Uluru in the far background. At the end of this section, the player turns to the right before they reach the Sydney Harbor Bridge, and race through the downtown of Sydney, before turning left one last time and reaching the finish line.

The course also appears as '''Sydney Sprint 3R''' (reversed) and '''Sydney Sprint 3T''' (with ramps). It is currently one of two city courses not to have its R/T variant in the game, the other being [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways 3]].

Sydney Sprint returns in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. It is the first course of the [[Propeller Cup]], and as such is one of two courses from ''Mario Kart Tour'' to appear in the second wave, alongside {{classic-link|Tour|New York Minute}}. This version of the course is an expanded and combined version of Sydney Sprint, Sydney Sprint 2, and Sydney Sprint 3 from ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. As Sydney Sprint 3 had yet to be released when this course was added in the Booster Course Pass, Sydney Sprint is the one of the two ''Tour'' city courses alongside ([[Tour Athens Dash|Athens Dash]]) to be added to the pass before all three variants were released, and due to Sydney Sprint 3's presence in this course, is also the first ''Tour'' city course to utilize roads that were unused in ''Mario Kart Tour'' at the time of it being added into ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''. The course has also received significant visual and musical upgrades.

*'''Nintendo Switch News app (UK)''': '''''Race down under in Sydney Sprint!'''<br>This course had its first outing in the smart device app Mario Kart Tour, and takes you swerving and dashing past the many famous landmarks of the Australian metropolis of Sydney. The route changes depending on the number of laps, and the third go-round will have you retracing your past tracks, so you might even see other racers going the "wrong" way - how's that for inverting expectations? Be sure to greet them with a hearty "G'day!" as you zoom past!''

Sydney Pictures.png|Various pictures of the Sydney Sprint courses

Sydney Pictures 2.png|Various pictures of the Sydney Sprint courses